Day of rest
Jun. 29th, 2012 01:20 pmAlmost two months ago, I asked for today off from work, because I know what Vividcon deadline day is like, and there is no way a few hours in the evening is enough time. This was meant to be a day of panic and flail, with last-minute fixes to the vid (or, worst-case, still filling in black space), and then dealing with exporting and aspect ratios and tech fail.
Instead, it's day of rest*, because![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
therienne and I finished our vid last night, exported it, and uploaded it more than 24 hours before the deadline.
Vidding Deadline Threat Level: KITTENS.
Unfortunately, Vidding Deadline Threat Level Adrenaline Reaction: BEARS
So we spent the next hour having little bursts of panic at each other, because how is it possible to be done and uploaded before the deadline? Vid farr is not over till the deadline passes!
Then I went home and we got on the phone and panicked at each other more. See above, re: vid farr and bears.
Then I fell asleep in my chair before I could manage to write a post. I may have been a little tired.
And now? I am home, lounging about my apartment with my cats for the first time in weeks. I can clean my pit of a place, and buy groceries omg, and maybe watch some tv, or read...
I still don't quite believe it, and am braced to find out thattherienne has gotten word from Lum and Ian that we screwed something up horribly, and need to fix it right damn now.
But until that email comes in, it is kittens all around. Yay!
* It is not actually that restful a day so far. I got home last night after midnight to the sight of a van from my oil company pulling away from in front of the house, and the scent of oil in my apartment, but no message from my landlord's son, so I figured it was a problem with his tank that had been handled.
Then this morning I got woken up a bit after 10 by a call saying that he'd found a leak in my tank last night (just a tiny pinhole leak), which had been plugged, but today they were coming to drain & remove the old tank, and install & fill a new one.
So now the basement under my feet is full of oil-company guys yelling and banging and drilling and otherwise using implements of destruction to scare the hell out of my cats.
But still. I am not at work! And I am not over attherienne's! I am HOME! \o/
( So have some kittens )
Instead, it's day of rest*, because
therienne and I finished our vid last night, exported it, and uploaded it more than 24 hours before the deadline. Vidding Deadline Threat Level: KITTENS.
Unfortunately, Vidding Deadline Threat Level Adrenaline Reaction: BEARS
So we spent the next hour having little bursts of panic at each other, because how is it possible to be done and uploaded before the deadline? Vid farr is not over till the deadline passes!
Then I went home and we got on the phone and panicked at each other more. See above, re: vid farr and bears.
Then I fell asleep in my chair before I could manage to write a post. I may have been a little tired.
And now? I am home, lounging about my apartment with my cats for the first time in weeks. I can clean my pit of a place, and buy groceries omg, and maybe watch some tv, or read...
I still don't quite believe it, and am braced to find out that
therienne has gotten word from Lum and Ian that we screwed something up horribly, and need to fix it right damn now. But until that email comes in, it is kittens all around. Yay!
* It is not actually that restful a day so far. I got home last night after midnight to the sight of a van from my oil company pulling away from in front of the house, and the scent of oil in my apartment, but no message from my landlord's son, so I figured it was a problem with his tank that had been handled.
Then this morning I got woken up a bit after 10 by a call saying that he'd found a leak in my tank last night (just a tiny pinhole leak), which had been plugged, but today they were coming to drain & remove the old tank, and install & fill a new one.
So now the basement under my feet is full of oil-company guys yelling and banging and drilling and otherwise using implements of destruction to scare the hell out of my cats.
But still. I am not at work! And I am not over at
therienne's! I am HOME! \o/( So have some kittens )
